Real-Time Burst-Mode Operation of an Integrated SOA-PIN/TIA Receiver for 25 Gbit/s/lambda and Beyond TWDM-PON

01 June 2017

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First real-time 25 Gbit/s burst-mode operation of an integrated SOA-PIN/TIA receiver for future generation T(W)DM-PON is presented. The device has a 2.7-dB better sensitivity than APD photoreceiver and 13-dB better than PIN photoreceiver at this bitrate.